While all kids' Halloween costumes are of course wonderful and creative and adorable and perfect, well, we're kind of blown away by these in particular. They're all handmade, all made by regular old parents in our network -- no professio…
Why yes, this is a Halloween Bingo card just for parents. (Possibly precocious teens.) We're always looking for ways to make one of the craziest days of the year as a parent just a little more fun. Just download, print, and enjoy filling…
When you have young kids, you tend to find inspiration in cute Sharpie Pumpkins or maybe painted pumpkins -- perhaps with a little pastel paint and some glitter glue ? But when your kids get older, it's all about having the creepiest pum…
We've seen plenty of inspirational art and motivational mugs , but never have we even seen... panties. Well, until now, thanks to Innertruth Panties , a line of embroidered underwear with inspirational messages. On the inside. Admittedly…
We are always so grateful to those class moms (and dads, of course -- let's get more of you!) who volunteer their valuable free time to do what's often a thankless job. So with school in full swing for most of us, or just getting ready t…
I've only been a mom for five months, but it's long enough to know that mommy shaming is a very real thing. Whether it's the sidelong stare from a stranger while you breastfeed in public or the loaded question, Oh, your baby doesn't eat …
My daughter has been completely obsessed with Hamilton because she is a normal 2017 kid. And as an artist, she's just as obsessed with these Hamiltones Hamilton crayons by Thespian Swag. Enough that she's been forwarding me pictures of t…
There's a lot of chatter going around that things just haven't been right with the world since Prince and David Bowie left it. I'm kind of in agreement. So I'm all for bringing them back in any way possible -- like this totally rad "Carr…
What do we girls do after we've fixed our men their martinis, fetched them their slippers, and they retire with the paper to catch up on those boring old things like economics and geopolitical conflict ? Why, we play Cards Against Humani…
Graphic artists Tupera Tupera are known for pushing boundaries with their cheeky, irreverent books. I mean, have you seen their Japanese-language book about poop for kids? Well, their newest board book is a winner too, though it might be…
We recently spoke to 16 of our favorite dad bloggers and put together their best Father's Day wisdom and words of advice all in one place. It's absolutely worth a read for these dads' humor, their insight, their sincerity and their wit -…
For all those wine-lovers out there (ahem, like me), we're entitled to toast our momentous new mom wins. With some celebratory vino and a high-five, right? That’s where these hilarious Mommy’s First Motherhood Milestones Wine Bottle Cove…
Being a parent really does require a great sense of humor, especially in those early years. And these five funny books on fatherhood should help. All written by fathers who also happen to be hilarious (Michael Ian Black? Jim Gaffigan? He…
With every dad's special day coming up, we feel that it's our duty to point out some of the worst Father's Day gifts we've been seeing. Not because we're mean. But because we love dads. And we have their backs. Kristen and Liz had a hila…
Being a data nerd (as Spawned podcast listeners well know), every so often I find myself down the rabbit hole of Google Trends , a super interesting -- if somewhat frightening -- look at just what the world is searching for day to day. A…
THE DANGER OF FIDGET SPINNERS is appearing all over our newsfeeds and splashing across subject lines flooding our inboxes. Hm, why are we not shocked? It was inevitable that the number of articles about the fidget spinner craze (hey, our…
Even if the Macaroni necklace breaks, the flowers die, and the mimosas are gone in seconds, you always always get to keep your sense of humor. Hope you have the best Mother's Day! xo Liz + Kristen + The Cool Mom Team
If you're looking for the perfect teacher appreciation gift, well, admittedly it may not be a mug . I'm well aware that most teachers probably have their share of them, though I'd like to think that's because you can only own so many "Wo…
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While I'd personally be thrilled to have a taco truck on every corner (especially those ones from Austin, mmm...), I would happily settle for this hilarious taco truck lunch tote dangling from my shoulder. Especially because it doesn't h…
We're happy to be working with our sponsor Brother to bring you this post If we had a nickel for every time we told our kids to put away their shoes or pick up their toys, well, we'd be writing this from our yacht in the south of France …
Who among us hasn't sat around thinking, if I ran the world ... Well, I was recently asked and it took me, oh, about a minute to decide what I would do if I assumed the throne. Now of course I'd want to devote billions of dollars or poun…
Not all of us moms are so genetically blessed as to fit into our skinny jeans two weeks postpartum -- let alone thick-skinned enough to " love ourselves as we are " all the time. #NOnomakeupselfie #sorrynotsorry So bless those awesome ce…
There's a good chance that by now you've seen the Topshop Clear Knee Mom Jeans at Nordstrom that have been making the social media rounds (along with that weird tank top from Urban Outfitters ). But, what you might not have noticed is th…